Pretty Hurts

Album: Beyoncé (2013)
Charted: 63
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  • Ms. Third Ward, your first question:
    What is your aspiration in life?
    Oh, well my aspiration in life would be
    To be happy

    Mama said, you're a pretty girl
    What's in your head it doesn't matter
    Brush your hair, fix your teeth
    What you wear is all that matters

    Just another stage
    Pageant the pain away
    This time I'm gonna take the crown
    Without falling down, down

    Pretty hurts
    We shine the light on whatever's worst
    Perfection is a disease of a nation
    Pretty hurts, pretty hurts
    Pretty hurts
    We shine the light on whatever's worst
    You tryna fix something, but you can't fix what you can't see
    It's the soul that needs a surgery

    Blonder hair, flat chest
    TV says bigger is better
    South beach, sugar free
    Vogue says
    Thinner is better

    Just another stage
    Pageant the pain away
    This time I'm gonna take the crown
    Without falling down, down, down

    Pretty hurts
    We shine the light on whatever's worst
    Perfection is a disease of a nation
    Pretty hurts, pretty hurts (pretty hurts)
    Pretty hurts (pretty hurts)
    We shine the light on whatever's worst
    We try to fix something, but you can't fix what you can't see
    It's the soul that needs the surgery

    Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away
    The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body
    It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery
    (It's my soul that needs surgery)
    Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
    Then you break when the fake façade leaves you in the dark
    You left with shattered mirrors and the shards of a beautiful girl

    Pretty hurts
    We shine the light on whatever's worst (pretty hurts)
    Perfection is a disease of a nation (pretty hurts)
    Pretty hurts, pretty hurts
    Pretty hurts (pretty hurts)
    We shine the light on whatever's worst
    We tryna fix something, but you can't fix what you can't see (pretty hurts)
    It's the soul that needs a surgery

    When you're alone all by yourself (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
    And you're lying in your bed (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
    Reflection stares right into you (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
    Are you happy with yourself? (Pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
    You stripped away the masquerade (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
    The illusion has been shed (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
    Are you happy with yourself? (Pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
    Are you happy with yourself? (Pretty hurts, pretty hurts)

    Yeah, yes (ah, ah, ah) Writer/s: Beyonce Knowles, Joshua Coleman, Sia Furler
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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